Tuesday, July 10, 2012

BNN - Moving At 33 In A 45 World

Perhaps I could have warned you all ahead of time that the only thing that takes longer to complete than an Italian transfer is a Death Star. And maybe for the younger NSC readers to realize I'm referring to album playing speeds in the title.

Anyway... I'm here to tell you that Leandro Greco has apparently been given the adequate amount of folding paper tickle, and he is back in the Michael Bradley package, as originally planned. So if you are wondering, address all your relevant toe-tapping "HURRY UP" mail to him.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode, with special guest star Cloris Leachman. Or something.

Any chance the measly salary (ahem, in Soccer star terms) might be the holdup. It's a bit of a "Mikey, he'll eat anything" salary for someone who proved himself in Serie A in spades last year now going to a top tier team (800,000 Euros). But he's a Gringo, Gringos don't play soccer, so he should be glad he's getting paid at all...

I somewhat suspect he's not too worried about the money, the right team is more important now (and his career payday can come in 3 more years). But all the delays have made my idle mind a bit paranoid.

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